The first-ever UK space flight fails to reach orbit
Virgin Orbit's historic"Start Me Up" mission launched from Spaceport Cornwell, but it has failed to reach orbit and has ultimately ended in failure. If you follow the the company's tweets during the event, everything went well at first. Virgin Orbit confirmed LauncherOne's clean separation from its carrier aircraft, Cosmic Girl, as well as the ignition of its NewtonThree first stage rocket engine.
Matt Archer, Commercial Space Director at the UK Space Agency, said the government and various entities that include the company will conduct an investigation about the failure over the coming days. Archer also said that the second stage suffered a"technical anomaly and didn't reach the required orbit." It's unclear what the investigation entails, but Virgin Orbit promised to share more details when it can.
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